Floor covering



Aug. 23, i932. Fl R BETT|SON l11,872,653

FLOOR COVERING Filed Jan. 18, 1928 A TTORNEYS atented ng. 23, 1932 umass BERCY R. BETTISON, OF CHICAGO,

COMPANY, F CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A CORPORATION 0F DELAWARE FLOOR COVERING Application led January 18, 1928. Se1ia1 No. 247,626.

The invention relates to floor coverings and more particularly to those floor coverings commonly known as linoleums and to a method of producing the same.

5 The usual linoleum floor coverlng consists during the process of making the linoleum floor covering and more particularly av floor covering -f comprising linoleum mastic incorporated with a fabric base which forms a part of a cushion layer of-punched felt so that the linoleum surface and the felt form a unitary flooring material.

The invention further consists in the sev# eral features hereinafter set forth and more particularly defined by claims at the conclusion hereof.

In the drawing al view through a the invention;

Fig. 2"is a similar view showing a modification.

Referring to the drawing, in each instance the numeral 3 designatesthe linoleum mastic, 4 a fabric layer, such as burlap, 5 a layer of fibrous cushioning material, preferably' felt, the libres of which are loosely felted together and then punch felted to the burlap 4 so that a sheet of punched felt is formed. 40 The punched felt with the strip of burlap attached is then run over one of two calendei rolls by means of which the prepared mastic is caused to flow over the burlap to the punched felt upon the fabricfbaked side thereof and is then cured iii the usual Fig. 1 is a vertical sectionfloor covering embodying also difficult, la-

manner so that the mastic is intimately associated with the fabric and vparts of the fibres of felt that project the interstices of the fabric. The felt may be formed from any suitable vegetable or animal fibre but preferably consists principally of animalhair whichv is more resilient than vegetable fibres and maintains its resiliency. The resulting product is a linoleum having a cushioned bottom which lprovides a yieldable tread surface. This product may be readily secured to the harder surfaced flooring by cementing the felt thereto, but to further improve upon the bond between the flooring and the cement, I have shown, in Fig. 2, an additional fabric bottom layer 6 which is secured to the fibrous material by punching the fibres through it.

My floor covering is adaptable for completely covering floors, as they are ordinarily covered with linoleum, or for partially covering the floor, as is customarywith rugs; it may be made into rugs, strips, ory any desirable form. In some cases the floor covering may be cemented to the Hoor and in other cases it may be desirable not to have it cemented. This method of use is optional.

In the drawing the felt layer 5 is shown as thicker than the linoleum mastic layer 3. This need not be the case. In fact, in ractice I prefer to have the felt layer o less thickness than the linoleum.

I desire it to be understood that this inven-` tion is not to be limited to any particular form or arangement .of parts except insofar as such limitations are included in the claims. h

What I claim as my invention is:

l. As a new article of manufacture, a floor covering comprising a fabric layer, a layer of feltable fibres secured thereto, and a layer of linoleum mastic sheeted onto said fabric layer and cured thereon.

2. As a new article of manufacture, a 4floor covering comprising a .fabric layer, a layer of'feltable fibres punch-felted thereto,

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